| 释义 |
kip·ling·esque
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|esk\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Rudyard Kipling + English -esque
1. : of, resembling, or having the characteristics of the literary style of Rudyard Kipling
< the poems … were direct, Kiplingesque — Gertrude Stein >
2. : characterized by an attitude of superiority over and a responsibility for nonwhite peoples often associated with the writings of Rudyard Kipling
< a Kiplingesque condescension toward China — F.J.Brown & J.S.Roucek > |